From: Grant Taylor via TUHS <tuhs@tuhs.org>
To: tuhs@tuhs.org
Subject: [TUHS] Re: Historical application software
Date: Fri, 27 May 2022 11:00:42 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <66ae3ff2-bd07-e192-a00f-f9c701d857c8@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <64EEED76-2EBB-4D55-ADE4-DEDFAC391322@planet.nl>
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On 5/27/22 5:57 AM, Paul Ruizendaal wrote:
> I came across a website that discusses reviving an old binary for Lotus
> 1-2-3 for SysV Unix (386 COFF), on the way to making it run on Linux:
>
> https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/linux123.html
Yep. That is a very interesting article.
Though I do think that some of what Tavis did was borderline
exceptional. I don't know many people that would consider writing their
own object utility to do things. But this just goes to show what is
possible if you are willing to do so.
> The audience here may enjoy the read, and maybe it is of use when
> reviving other old application software for 1980’s and 1990’s Unix.
I've filed it away for future reference for this very reason.
--
Grant. . . .
unix || die
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-05-27 17:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-05-27 11:57 [TUHS] " Paul Ruizendaal
2022-05-27 17:00 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS [this message]
2022-05-27 17:29 ` [TUHS] " Warner Losh
2022-05-28 15:30 ` Paul Winalski
2022-05-29 0:57 ` Warner Losh
2022-05-29 9:43 ` Ralph Corderoy
2022-06-03 2:00 ` Chris Hanson
2022-06-03 2:09 ` Warner Losh
2022-06-03 2:02 ` Chris Hanson
2022-05-28 22:06 ` [TUHS] Anyone have an interest in really old analog multimeters and a vacuum tube tested circa 1960s or 1950s? Kenneth Goodwin
2022-05-28 22:09 ` [TUHS] " Kenneth Goodwin
2022-05-28 23:31 ` Ed Cashin
2022-05-28 23:45 ` Clem Cole
2022-05-29 2:11 ` Kenneth Goodwin
2022-05-29 2:18 ` Kenneth Goodwin
[not found] ` <99E8871E-035C-4A58-8091-189EDE4689BA@common-sense.com>
[not found] ` <CAMQbRb2uPTaqCrZCnVQuBtHhnFZWPpyZ_fHxs-4h8WGoOCrGJQ@mail.gmail.com>
2022-05-29 13:05 ` Kenneth Goodwin
2022-05-29 2:08 ` Kenneth Goodwin
2022-05-29 2:10 ` Kenneth Goodwin
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